Consequences will soon snowball. The federal court system could run out of money; prison guards will be expected to work without pay; food stamp recipients will go without.

Trump threatens to declare a national emergency to redirect funds for a wall while potentially confiscating private property on the border via eminent domain. Sane Republicans are warning him that, even if it’s somehow legal, it’s a precedentially poisonous use of executive power.

The core problem is that most Americans see through this stunt. They know that Trump cannot be trusted.

As a candidate, he promised that Mexico would pay for the wall. He now pretends otherwise.

Torturing facts, he insists there is a crisis at the border when there is none.

He ignores the reality Republicans failed to prioritize funding for the wall when they controlled the Congress.

He acts like he never deep-sixed a deal that would have secured $25 billion for a barrier and added border security in a trade to protect Dreamers.